"The forerunner of the United Nations was the League of Nations, an organization conceived in similar circumstances during the first World War, and established in 1919 under the Treaty of Versailles "to promote international cooperation and to achieve peace and security."
currently there are 16 peacekeeping operations in four continents
UN Peacekeeping is guided by three basic principles:
Consent of the parties;
Impartiality;
Non-use of force except in self-defence and defence of the mandate.
president of the general assembly of the united nation is Mr. Nassir Abdulaziz Al-nasser
russia, US, china, france, UK are the five permanent seats in the UN security council
between 1948 and 2005 the UN has spent 40billion dollars in peacekeeping operations
the UN has help to create over 300 treaties and agreements
30million people have been helped by the UN after war or famine or Disaster
UN Facts
http://www.un.org/en/aboutun/history/index.shtml"The forerunner of the United Nations was the League of Nations, an organization conceived in similar circumstances during the first World War, and established in 1919 under the Treaty of Versailles "to promote international cooperation and to achieve peace and security."
"In 1945, representatives of 50 countries met in San Francisco at the United Nations Conference on International Organization to draw up the United Nations Charter."
http://www.un.org/en/peacekeeping/operations/
president of the general assembly of the united nation is Mr. Nassir Abdulaziz Al-nasser
russia, US, china, france, UK are the five permanent seats in the UN security council
between 1948 and 2005 the UN has spent 40billion dollars in peacekeeping operations
the UN has help to create over 300 treaties and agreements
30million people have been helped by the UN after war or famine or Disaster